tupakansytytin
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]tupakan (“of tobacco, of a cigarette”) + sytytin (“lighter”)
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈtupɑkɑnˌsytytin/, [ˈt̪upɑ̝kɑ̝nˌs̠yt̪yt̪in]
- Rhymes: -ytytin
- Hyphenation(key): tu‧pakan‧syty‧tin
Noun
[edit]tupakansytytin (informal)
Usage notes
[edit]Normally a cigarette lighter is simply called sytytin (“lighter”), just as in English. Savukkeensytytin is regarded as the correct standard language term.
Declension
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “tupakansytytin”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03